Please join us for lunch at the IC² Institute on World Intellectual Property Day 2011 for special presentations to Austin's IP stakeholders from the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) and local leaders.

This year, WIPO and IP Stakeholders globally celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, themed Designing The Future, to highlight the role of industrial design in shaping innovations of the future.

You can view the announcement for this event here.

Now to the details:

• Intended Audience: IP Stakeholders and small businesses and start-up companies using or interested in securing IP rights.


• Who:
  James Pooley – Deputy Director General of Innovation & Technology at the World Intellectual Property Organization
  
  Dr. John Butler – Director of the IC² Institute and Herb Kelleher Chair in Entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business
  
  Dr. Steven Nichols – Director of the I2P Program and Chair of Free Enterprise at the Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin
  
  Binitha Surendran – Executive Director of TiE Austin
  
  Donna Hulsey – Head of School at ACE Academy Independent School for Gifted Students



• What: World Intellectual Property Day – Why Austin Is America's Most Innovative City


• When: Tuesday, April 26, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM


• Where: IC² Institute’s Global Classroom, 2815 San Gabriel St., Austin, TX 78705